The Vancouver - Burnaby Branch of CMHA is a registered not-for-profit society and charity that promotes positive mental health and recovery from mental illness. Each year we support over 1000 people in their recovery from mental illness, while promoting understanding and knowledge throughout the community to literally thousands more.

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• Mental Illness information.
• How to support our work.

 
2nd Annual Community Bike Ride

Join hundreds of cyclists of all levels for a ride through Vancouver and Burnaby to raise money to support mental health services in our community. For full event details ,  to register, to sponsor a rider, or to make a direct donation, please go to www.cmhacommunityride.ca

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REGISTER HERE

Registered Disability Savings Plan: For the Future

 If you are the caretaker of a family member with a mental illness, or if you yourself are eligible for the Disability Tax Credit, you can benefit from the new RDSP.  CMHA VB will be hosting information sessions in the upcoming months - check back with this page for dates and times or click on the link for more information.

Your Wellness Day, May 7, 2010.

Thank you to all the salons and spas who participated and generously donated 20% of their sales to CMHA VB and MPA.  And thanks especially to all of you who treated yourselves or loved ones to services and/or gift certificates.  You helped support those with mental health concerns and also promoted mental wellness in our community.  See you again next year!

IPS Authored Article in Academic Journal

Congratulations to the IPS team who just had an article published in the latest issue of Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation (Volume 33, No. 4). “The contribution of IPS to recovery from serious illness: a case study” examined the importance of meaningful work in the recovery model, and the success of IPS, as part of the Evidence-Based Practice model, in assisting people with mental illness obtain and keep work. It also suggested the importance of IPS within a multi-disciplinary approach in a person’s recovery.

The contributors used an individual case study to examine the program, and a peer researcher conducted many of the interviews in order to “broaden and deepen the study’s lens.” This case study approach also personalizes what can often be a somewhat dry, factual approach to such studies, and illustrates how services and programs affect individuals with mental illness, who should be viewed in terms of their value to a community, not just in terms of their mental illness.

The journal Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation is available through the libraries at Langara College and Simon Fraser University. 
 

Keep Us In Mind to Make A Difference 

Your generous donations help us make a real difference in our communities, and help family members, friends, neighbours, colleagues, every one of us, in fact, reach our true potential.  Please consider making a donation that will help support our mandate to help people in their recovery and provide awareness and education about mental health.

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